Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee Peer Review Meeting

The US and Canada will participate in a peer review of the assessment of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder and an update of the biological and fishery indicators for Eastern Georges Bank Atlantic cod and haddock.

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The Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) was established in 1998 to peer review assessments of transboundary fishery resources in the Georges Bank area, in order to ensure that the management efforts of both Canada and the United States of America, pursued either independently or cooperatively, are founded on a common understanding of fishery resource status.

At the 2020 meeting, TRAC will consider the assessment for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder, an update for allocation shares, an update of biological and fishery indicators for Eastern Georges Bank haddock and Atlantic cod, and a report on progress of using the data limited methods tool (DLMtool) advice for Atlantic cod.

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Meeting ID: 199 854 2238
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*Note: all times are Eastern Standard Time

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Schedule

Day 1 Day 2 Day 3

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Time (EST)	Topic	Leads
08:30 – 09:00	Welcome & introduction: TRAC Co-Chairs and Meeting Chair	Tara Trinko Lake (US) Michelle Greenlaw (Cdn) Paul Rago
9:00 – 10:30	Eastern Georges Bank Haddock Inputs: Commercial Fishery & Surveys Biological and Fishery Indicators	Fonya Irvine (Cdn) Liz Brooks (US)
10:30 – 10:45	*Break*
10:45 – 12:00	Eastern Georges Bank Haddock continued Discussion	Fonya Irvine (Cdn) Liz Brooks (US)
12:00 – 13:00	*Lunch*
13:00 – 14:30	Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Empirical Analysis Discussion	Chris Legault (US) Monica Finley (Cdn)
14:30 – 14:45	*Break*
14:45 – 16:00	Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Inputs: Commercial Fishery & Surveys	Chris Legault (US) Monica Finley (Cdn)

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Time (EST)	Topic	Leads
08:30 – 9:30	Summary of Day 1 and homework	Paul Rago (chair) Haddock and Yellowtail stock leads (Cdn and US)
9:30 – 10:00	Allocation Shares	Melanie Barrett (Cdn) Liz Brooks (US)
10:00 – 10:15	*Break*
10:15 – 12:00	Eastern Georges Bank Cod Biological and Fishery Indicators Changes in fishery and survey indicators relative to 2018 TRAC	Melanie Barrett (Cdn) Gary Shepherd (US)
12:00 – 13:00	*Lunch*
13:00 – 14:00	EGB Cod DLM tool	Irene Andrushchenko (Cdn) Gary Shepherd (US)
14:00 – 14:30	*Break*
14:30 – 15:30	Report on progress of the Atlantic Cod Stock Structure Working Group	Richard McBride (US)
15:30 – 16:00	Review Georges Bank Yellowtail TSR	Chris Legault (US) Monica Finley (Cdn)

Thursday, July 9, 2020

Time (EST)	Topic	Leads
09:00 – 10:00	Summary of Day 2 and homework	Paul Rago
10:00 – 10:15	*Break*
10:15 – 11:15	Review Eastern Georges Bank Haddock TSR	Fonya Irvine (Cdn) Liz Brooks (US)
11:15 –12:15	Review Eastern Georges Bank Cod TSR	Irene Andrushchenko (Cdn) Gary Shepherd (US)
12:15 – 13:15	Lunch
13:15 – 14:15	Draft ToR for 2021 TRAC	Tara Trinko Lake (US) Michelle Greenlaw (Cdn)
14:15 – 16:00	TSR Edits	Cdn & US editorial committee

Last updated by Northeast Fisheries Science Center on 01/07/2021